Coconut shredding device



L. J. MALICAY COCONUT SHREDDING DEVICE Oct. 19, 1965 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 20, 1963 INVENTOR. LEANDRO J MAL/GAY Oct. 19, 1965 1.... MALlCAY 3,212,543

COCONUT SHREDDING DEVICE Filed March 20, 1965 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. LEA/mm J MAL/0A) Oct. 19, 1965 L. J. MALICAY COCONUT SHREDDING DEVICE 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed March 20, 1963 INVENTOR. LEANDRO a. MAL/0A) United States Patent 3,212,543 COCONUT SHREDDING DEVICE Leandro J. Malicay, 1301 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. Filed Mar. 20, 1963, Ser. No. 266,546 6 Claims. (Cl. 146-7) The present invention relates to a machine for shredding coconut, and one having means for preparing the coconut prior to shredding.

An object of the present invention is to provide a unitary machine for removing the loose husk from a coconut and for shredding the meat of the coconut.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a unitary machine for preparing a coconut for shredding, the machine having a particular blade for cutting the meat from the coconut shell.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a coconut shredding machine which is sturdy in construction, one simple in structure, one having long life characteristics, one having means by which the driven parts are adjustable with ease and facility, and one which is highly effective in action.

These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will be fully apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the machine of the present invention,

FIGURE 2 is a view taken on the line 2-2 of FIG- URE 1,

FIGURE 3 is a view taken on the line 33 of FIG- URE 1,

FIGURE 4 is a view taken on the line 4-4 of FIG- URE l, and

FIGURE 5 is a view taken on the line 55 of FIG- URE 1.

Referring in greater detail to the drawings, in which like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, the apparatus or machine of the present invention comprises a table having a top 12 and legs 14, 16, 18, and supporting the table top 12. Rising from the table top 12 adjacent one end is a housing 22 having its lower end connecting in communication with a conduit 24 leading to a blower housing 26.

A source of rotary power or electric motor 28 is mounted below the table top 12 and carries on one end of its shaft 30 a pulley 32. A horizontally disposed shaft 34 is journaled in a bearing block 36 which is connected by a screw member 38 to the table top 12 for upward and downward movement. The block 36 is supported upon a horizontal base element 40 which is slidable on a pair of standards 42 and 44, as shown most clearly in FIGURE 4.

The shaft 34 carries a pulley 46 and an endless belt 48 travels over the pulley 46 and over the pulley 32.

One end of the shaft 34 carries a wire brush 50 which is almost totally enclosed by the housing 22.

A disposal bag 52 has its open top removably secured to the outlet of the blower housing 26.

Another pair of standards 54 and 56 rise from the table top 12 and another base element 58 is slidable thereon. A screw element 60 is threaded in the base element 58 and serves to raise and lower the base element 58 on which there is another bearing block 62 journaling therein a horizontally disposed shaft 64.

A hopper 66 is disposed over the table top 12 and has its lower end provided with a discharge conduit 68. The shaft 64 has a portion adjacent one end projecting into the hopper 66 through an opening 70 provided in the wall of the hopper 66.

The hopper 66 is supported upon a shield element 72 rising from the table top 12 and shielding a large pulley 74 against shredded coconut worked within the hopper 66.

A belt 76 travels over the pulley 74 and over another pulley 78 mounted upon the motor shaft 330 remote from the pulley 32.

An important feature of the present invention resides in a hemispherical blade assembly 80 secured to the free end of the shaft 64 with the base 82 of the assembly adjacent the shaft 64 and with the arcuate edges 84 facing outwardly of the shaft 64. Also, the blade assembly 80 has three arcuate toothed sections marked a, b, and c, and one section without teeth or smooth, at d in FIGURES 2 and 3.

Preferably the blade assembly 80 is mounted upon a stub shaft 86 which is inserted in the hollow end of the shaft 64 and secured thereto by means of set screws 88. A bag receptacle 90 having an open top is positioned upon a sliding shelf 92 detachably secured to a pair of channel members 94 and 96 and supported in the legs of the table 10. The receptacle 90 has its open top connected in communication with the conduit 68 at the lower end of the hopper 66.

The motor shaft 30 also carries a pulley 98 having a belt 100 traveling thereover and also traveling over another pulley 102 on the shaft 104 of the blower housing 26.

A brace 108 connects each of the legs 14, 16, 18, and 20 to the table top 12 and serves to steady the machine when in operation.

In use, the wire brush 50 is employed to take the loose outer husk off of the coconut shell so that the husk does not drop into the container or receptacle 90 along with the shredded coconut meat when the shell halves are held over the blade assembly 80 with the blade sections rotating within the shell and cutting the meat therefrom.

The a, b, c, and d sections of the blade assembly 80 are arranged in cruxiform relation and the purpose of the three notched blades and one smooth blade is that the notched blades scrape the coconut meat from the shell while the smooth blade cuts deeper than the notched blades and removes the scraped and serrated meat while the blade assembly 80 rotates.

When the bag 52 becomes full of the shredded husk removed from the shell, it may be readily removed and the shelf 92 is slidable inward and outward of the table 10 so that the receptacle 90 is easily removed and replaced on the hopper conduit 68 when full.

It will be seen therefore that the unitary machine of the present invention provides a means for quickly and with facility preparing and shredding a coconut and that a single operator employing the machine can quickly and efficiently produce shredded coconut in any amount required.

What is claimed is:

1. In a coconut shredding machine including a table having a top, a source of rotative power mounted beneath said table top, and a rotatable wire brush supported above said top and drivably connected to said power source, a horizontally disposed driven shaft drivably connected to said power source, a hopper extending over said table top, said shaft having a portion adjacent one end thereof within said hopper, and a hemispherical shaped blade assembly carried on the portion of said shaft within said hopper, said blade assembly including three arcuate toothed sections and one arcuate smooth section, said sections being arranged in cruxiform relation.

2. In a coconut shredding machine including a table having a top, a source of rotative power mounted beneath said table top, a horizontally disposed driven shaft drivably connected to said power source, a hopper extending over said table top, said shaft having a portion adjacent one end thereof within said hopper, and a hemispherical shaped blade assembly having arcuate toothed sections and arcuate smooth sections and carried on the portion of said shaft within said hopper, said hemispherical shaped blade assembly being disposed with the base vertically disposed and the arcuate edges facing outwardly of said shaft.

3. In a coconut shredding machine including a table having a top, a source of rotative power mounted beneath said table top, a horizontally disposed driven shaft drivably connected to said power source, a hopper extending over said table top, said shaft having a portion adjacent one end thereof within said hopper, and a hemispherical shaped blade assembly carried on the portion of said shaft within said hopper, said blade assembly including three arcuate toothed sections and one arcuate smooth section, said sections being arranged in cruxiform relation, said hemispherical shaped blade assembly being disposed with the base vertically disposed and the arcuate edges facing outwardly of said shaft.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 together with an open top receptacle supported on said table with the open top connected in communication with said hopper.

5. A coconut shredding machine comprising a stand, a shaft, means vertically adjustably mounting the shaft on said stand, a power source mounted on said stand and drivably connected to said shaft, a hopper mounted on said stand, said shaft extending into said hopper, a hemispherical blade assembly on said shaft and disposed within said hopper in which the blade assembly consists of arcuate toothed sections and arcuate smooth sections, said hopper being disposed in spaced enclosing relation to said blade assembly and being open on top to enable a half coconut to be engaged with said blade assembly.

6. The invention according to claim 1 wherein said horizontally disposed driven shaft supports said wire brush, a housing for said brush, a suction fan communicating with said housing and being driven from said power source, and a disposal bag communicating with the discharge side of said fan.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 502,651 8/93 Blockburger 146-106 X 625,215 5/99 Tice 146-124 1,355,393 10/20 De Ghetto 146-49 1,554,516 9/25 Olds 146-241 1,875,481 9/32 Morante 146-7 2,190,105 2/40 Mock 146-7 2,431,602 11/47 Zeun 146-227 2,456,446 12/48 Rieske 146-7 2,747,632 5/56 Barton 146-8 2,848,027 8/58 Packwood 146-8 FOREIGN PATENTS 18,188 6/35 Australia. 192,291 2/23 Great Britain.

I. SPENCER OVERHOLSER, Primary Examiner. 

2. IN A COCOUNT SHREDDING MACHINE INCLUDING A TABLE HAVING A TOP, A SOURCE OF ROTATIVE POWER MOUNTED BENEATH SAID TABLE TOP, A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED DRIVEN SHAFT DRIVABLY CONNECTED TO SAID POWER SOURCE, A HOPPER EXTENDING OVER SAID TABLE TOP, SAID SHAFT HAVING A PORTION ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF WITHIN SAID HOPPER, AND A HEMISPHERICAL SHAPED BLADE ASSEMBLY HAVING ARCUATE TOOTHED SECTIONS AND ARCUATE SMOOTH SECTIONS AND CARRIED ON THE PORTION OF SAID SHAFT WITHIN SAID HOPPER; SAID HEMISPHERICAL SHAPED BLADE ASSEMBLY BEING DISPOSED WITH THE BASE VERTICALLY DISPOSED AND THE ARCUATE EDGES FACING OUTWARDLY OF SAID SHAFT. 